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Massari, Francesco Maria
Chemical practice in dialogue between the hermic and angelic. Divided into four rooms, & a Cabinet above the two noble metals, and precious stones. Useful to Doctors, Specialists, Surgeons, & other virtuous people, who wish to learn this Noble Profession, &c., 1678
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With three Tablets, the first of the Figures, the second of the most notable things, and the third of infirmity. In Naples, for Antonino Gramignani, MDCLXXVIII (1678). 8th, elegant frontispiece with the arms of the dedicatee of the work Vincenzo Gonzaga finely engraved in copper, pp. (10)-155-(13), with a folded board f.t. Contemporary parchment binding. Example with restorations on the panel and dark spots in the text.
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A very rare treatise on ancient chemistry/alchemy, the book is divided into four "stanzas" and a final "cabinet" where the author, after having illustrated in detail the preparation of many secrets and recipes, also deals with the manipulation of the two noble metals , gold and silver, and also precious stones (p. 141): "let's begin the manipulation of gold". The second stanza deals with "mineral means", the third with the calcination of minerals and the last with animals. The work is articulated in the form of a dialogue between Theermic (the master) and Angelic (the student), along the lines of Robert Boyle's Sceptical Chemist of 1661. The author was a professor at the University of Rome and was the founder of the first magazine Italian pseudoscientific. For the historical period in which it was written and published, it is influenced by Paracelsus. First edition. Wellcome IV, 76. Cole 926.
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